ORCHESTRA DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA will perform one piece on the New Music Conference concert on FRIDAY, November 4. Symphony will be last on this program, which begins at 7:00 PM. Information on instrumentation TBA!!!

The date of the final concert of the semester is CORRECT (THURSDAY, December 1). There will be TWO dress rehearsals: 7:00-9:30 PM, Tuesday, November 29 and 7:00-9:30 PM, Wednesday, November 30.

CURRENT SCHEDULES

WEEKLY REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

(Schedules, rosters, and repertoire will also be posted on the bulletin board outside Voxman 2400)

WEEK OF OCTOBER 3

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

MONDAY:

3:30- Beethoven

4:00- Ravel

4:45- Saint-Saens ARIA ("AMOUR...")

WEDNESDAY:

3:30- Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, PART II

FRIDAY:

3:30- Beethoven

4:00- Ravel

4:45- Saint-Saens ARIA ("AMOUR...")

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

TUESDAY: (possibly on stage of Recital Hall)

1:30- Bach with soloists

1:55- Schubert

THURSDAY:

1:30- Mendelssohn- Midsummer Night's Dream

2:00- Schubert

SANGERFEST CONCERT- 7:00 PM

Schubert (in VOXMAN RECITAL HALL)

SUNDAY: CONCERT IN VOXMAN CONCERT HALL

DRESS REHEARSAL

1:00 PM- Schubert

1:15- Mendelssohn Midsummer

1:30- Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat (faculty only)

2:30- Bach with soloists

CONCERT: 3:00 PM

Schubert

Mendelssohn

Bach

Stravinsky

2016-2017 Season Programming Information

September28 at 7:30 p.m.

Hancher Auditorium

UI Symphony Orchestra

"The Phoenix" Overture (World Premiere)--------------Ching-Chu Hu

Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)----Gustav Mahler

Michele Crider, Soprano

Ann Cravero, Mezzo Soprano

(Mezzo soloist, TBA)

*String alumni being invited back to perform in UISO

October 6 at 7:30 PM

Location TBA (part of German Celebration)

UI Chamber Orchestra

"Rosamunde" Overture ------------- Franz Schubert

October 9 at 3 pm

Concert Hall

UI Chamber Orchestra

"Rosamunde" Overture ------------Franz Schubert

Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream". -----Felix Mendelssohn

Concerto for 4 pianos --- J. S. Bach

Featuring UI piano faculty (Huckleberry, Lecouna, Nosikova, Tsachor)

"Histoire du Soldat" Suite -----------Igor Stravinsky

Katie Wolfe, violin Volkan Orhon, bass

Jorge Montilla, Clarinet Benjamin Coelho, bassoon

Amy Schendel, trumpet Jonathan Allen, trombone

Daniel Moore, percussion Eric Forsythe, narrator

Eloy Barrigan, choreographer

October26at 7:30 p.m.

Concert Hall

Symphony Orchestra

The Phoenix --- Ching-Chu Hu

Consecration of the House (Die Weihe des Hauses)-----Ludwig van Beethoven